My Sister... I want to tell you a bit about a little girl who brought sunshine to my life when she was born. I was so happy about her birth, Mom let me name her. I thought that was such a honor and privilege for a teenage girl to have. For two years after she was born I got to spoil her real good, she thought I was her Mommy. I got married and moved away, her heart was broken. Mom wouldn't let me take her with me( of course), as I moved away to another state. She grew up fast on me that little baby sister of mine, we grew apart with our own lives, but our hearts were never far away from each other. I watched her grow up and mature from a tiny little baby into a beautiful woman. I am so proud of her, she is such a inspiration to me and others she comes in contact with. Seems like we grew closer together when our Precious Mother went home to be with Jesus. We lost the "wind beneath our wings", so we had to learn to fly on our own, without her to guide us. We clung to each other to make it through, because the pain was so bad. Mom loved all her children, but her girls she depended on for most everything, she was facing. We still miss her and a big part of our lives is now gone, but we have a promise of a reunion with her when this life is over at her new home. Mom would be so proud of her baby girl today and what she has become. Mom taught us many things, but mainly how to love. She taught us to love one another. It grieved Mom so to see her children not getting along. She would be so happy to see us growing so close together. If she could only see what her baby girl has become. Mom always knew just how special she was, but she lived in another town away from us and we didn't get to see her as often as we would have liked to. She has become a beautiful young woman with a family of her own, she is a WONDERFUL wife, a LOVING Mother, a CARING friend, A PRECIOUS Sister to me. I am the oldest of six children, and she is the youngest. A lot of years between us (14), but our hearts were never separated from each other. Today we are serving the Lord together, and I never knew or dreamed that would be happening, but God did! Were there for each other to lend a ear when one needs comforted. She always has the right things to say and knows just how to encourage and lift me up, when I need it. She has several gifts from God above and uses each one wonderfully. I love her so much and my prayer today would be this... Lord let me always be here for my sister. let me never hurt her with words or actions, let me lift her up and encourage her as she has me so many times in so many ways. Let me always pray for her and her family to never be a stumbling-block to them. That I could be a help to her in her walk with you Lord, so we can grow stronger together Lord. One day we will be going home to our mansion in the sky, that has been prepared for us, we will meet our loved ones who have gone before us. It will be a reunion that will last for an eternity. For what time we have left together on this earth I want to hold your hand so we can walk that last mile together and have confidence knowing we did all we could do to support, love, encourage each other with nothing but a Christ-like Love for each other. See when she was born, God the Creator knew just exactly what He was doing. He made a special sister for me to love. I haven't always been there for her to hold her when she needed a "hug", but God gave us 32 years together and this time I will always cherish. God knew where we would be all these years ahead of time. He knew we would need each other that our hearts would be entwined. Nothing could ever replace her love as it is a special one you see. God put it there, He's nurtured it, and it grows more everyday. God's plans are always perfect and nothing can compare to the Sister He gave to me and the love that we share. She's more than just a Sister, she's my FRIEND, my COMFORT in PAIN, my LAUGHTER in TEARS, my SUNSHINE in the RAIN, my JOY in time of SORROW, my HOPE of a TOMORROW! She's that and so MUCH more..... I LOVE YOU SIS, and I pray these words God gave to me BLESSES you today and the years to come. Written by Kathy For my Sister, Tonia October 11,2003